Company participates in UIC World Congress on High-Speed Rail and Modern Railways 2025 event
**Green and Smart Innovations Take Centre Stage at UIC World Congress on High-Speed Rail and MODERN RAILWAYS 2025**
At the recent 12th UIC World Congress on High-Speed Rail and the concurrent MODERN RAILWAYS 2025 exhibition in Beijing, our company showcased a range of green and smart innovations. These advancements aim to reduce environmental impact, enhance passenger experience, and integrate cutting-edge digital technologies.
**Green Advancements**
Our Avelia high-speed train portfolio now incorporates advanced materials and energy-efficient systems designed to minimize carbon emissions throughout the lifecycle of the vehicles. Other green innovations on display included flexible operations and maintenance strategies, which optimize maintenance schedules and leverage predictive analytics to extend train life, reduce downtime, and lower the total carbon footprint of rail networks.
System-wide optimisation was also highlighted, with innovations in energy management such as regenerative braking, lightweight construction, and improved aerodynamics being showcased as part of our holistic approach to green rail transportation.
**Smart Innovations**
Virtual reality demonstrations allowed visitors to explore train design, operations, and maintenance processes in an interactive way, showcasing the digital integration in our solutions. The interactive Virtual Show Room presented our full range of train systems, key components, and comprehensive lifecycle services, highlighting how digital twins and simulation tools enhance planning and operational efficiency.
Smart solutions for ticketing, boarding, and onboard services were also presented, emphasizing seamless, contactless, and personalized travel experiences enabled by IoT and AI technologies.
**A Commitment to Continuous Advancement**
Our Managing Director for China emphasized that the company is not only expanding globally but also driving technological transformation—delivering greener, more efficient, and smarter high-speed rail systems through ongoing innovation and close customer collaboration.
Our experts delivered keynote presentations on topics such as sustainable design, system optimization, passenger experience, and flexible operations, underlining our leadership in both environmental sustainability and digital rail innovation.
The exhibition featured three high-speed train models, including the Avelia Horizon, Avelia Stream models, and a train for Sweden manufactured by our company's Chinese joint venture. AST's main product lines, including the CRH1A, CRH1E, CRH380D, and Qinghai-Tibet Tourist Passenger Cars, were also on display, widely deployed across China's high-speed railway network.
Our company in China participates in the full spectrum of China's railway projects, offering a complete range of rolling stock, state-of-the-art components, customised services, and infrastructure and signalling solutions. In addition, our company provides a wide range of services solutions in China, including heavy maintenance, modernisation, and currently maintains over 4,100 metro cars under maintenance contracts.
With more than 40 years' experience of designing and manufacturing high-speed trains, our company is the only supplier of double-deck very high-speed trains worldwide. The Avelia range forms one of the most comprehensive and competitive product portfolios in the industry. AST, a key strategic venture of our company in China, integrates world-leading high-speed rail technology and advanced manufacturing expertise with local market needs.
Our company has eleven joint ventures and almost 10,000 employees in China, and the joint ventures have delivered over 6,000 railway passenger cars and 1,530 electric locomotives, among other rail transit vehicles, to China's growing market and overseas markets.
- In the Avelia high-speed train portfolio, the use of advanced materials and energy-efficient systems is now employed to minimize carbon emissions and create more sustainable vehicles throughout their lifecycle.
- At the exhibition, smart maintenance strategies were demonstrated, which utilize predictive analytics to optimize maintenance schedules, extend train life, minimize downtime, and reduce the carbon footprint of rail networks.
- Our company's smart solutions for ticketing, boarding, and onboard services were presented, emphasizing contactless, personalized, and IoT- and AI-enabled travel experiences.
- By showcasing a range of smart and green innovations at the exhibition, our company underscored its commitment to delivering more efficient, greener, and smarter high-speed rail systems through continuous innovation and collaboration with customers.
